Woodstock
Die US-Sängerin und Liedermacherin Melanie, eine der Entdeckungen des legendären Woodstock-Festivals, ist tot. Sie sei am 23. Januar gestorben, teilten ihre Kinder auf der verifizierten Facebook-Seite der aus New York stammenden Künstlerin mit. Sie wurde 76 Jahre alt. Ihre Plattenfirma und ihr Management bestätigten laut US-Medienberichten den Tod der Musikerin. Sie sei krank gewesen, hieß es. Die aus dem Folk-Genre kommende Sängerin mit der markant rauchigen Stimme war dank ihres Woodstock-Auftritts im August 1969 einem größeren Publikum bekannt geworden. Mit erst 22 Jahren war sie eine von n...
DPA (German)
Singer Melanie, one of only nine women who performed at Woodstock in 1969, died at the age of 76 on Jan. 23, her family confirmed. Known for her powerful, gravelly voice, Anne Safka-Schekeryk broke through with her 1970 song “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain),” which was inspired by her experience at the festival. She had several more hits – including “Brand New Key” and a cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Ruby Tuesday” – in a career that began in 1967 and continued until her death. She’d been working on what was to be her 32nd album. READ MORE: The Women of Woodstock “Mom passed, peacefully, out of ...
Ultimate Classic Rock
New York (AFP) - Michael Lang, a concert promoter who co-created the generation-defining Woodstock music festival, died Saturday aged 77, a family friend confirmed. Lang died of a "rare form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma" at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital Cancer Center in New York, according to a statement from the family released by music executive Michael Pagnotta. "We are very sad to hear that legendary Woodstock icon and long time family friend Michael Lang has passed at 77 after a brief illness," Pagnotta said on Twitter, adding, "Rest In Peace." Lang was only 24 when he helped organize t...
AFP
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